Educators

The Smithsonian brings content experts and educators together to strengthen American education and enhance our nation’s ability to compete globally. The Smithsonian serves as a laboratory for creating innovative informal education methods that support formal education.

Smithsonian Kids

Researchers

The Smithsonian Institution offers a wealth of information, resources and training opportunities. Our investigations unfold at research centers, field sites, and museums in the United States and around the globe. Whatever the discipline may be, we have experts who are eager to share knowledge and collaborate.

Smithsonian Education

Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access (SCLDA)

The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access (SCLDA) uses all the Smithsonian offers to empower learners to explore their own interests and collaborate with others to bring ideas to life. We create models and methods that make the Smithsonian a learning laboratory for everyone.

Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC)

The Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC) is the only unit at the Smithsonian Institution that is solely dedicated to formal K-12 science education reform. The SSEC was established in 1985 as the National Science Resources Center (NSRC) under the sponsorship of two prestigious institutions: the Smithsonian Institution and the National Academy of Sciences. In 2012, our name changed to the Smithsonian Science Education Center to reflect our mission: to transform and improve the learning and teaching of science for K-12 students.

The Smithsonian Institution Archive Collections

Search the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ collections, which contain the official records of the Smithsonian, as well as personal papers, special collections, records of professional societies, and oral/video histories relating to the history of the Smithsonian.

Smithsonian Science News

Smithsonian Quests

Smithsonian Quests™ inspire students to explore their own ideas and interests online, in school, at home, and across the nation. The quests connect and reward learners of different ages and in different regions as they learn through discovery and collaboration. Rewards include digital badges that students (and teachers) take with them for life!

Smithsonian Learning Lab

Smithsonian X 3D

Smithsonian X 3D launches a set of use cases which apply various 3D capture methods to iconic collection objects, as well as scientific missions. These projects indicate that this new technology has the potential not only to support the Smithsonian mission, but to transform museum core functions

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